And We shall
turn their hearts and their eyes away, as they refused to
believe therein for the first time, and We shall leave them in
their trespass to wander blindly. (6:110)

And there are
many Ayat with this
meaning, proving that Allah rewards those who intend good with
success, while whoever intends evil is abandoned, and all of
this is in accordance with a preordained decree.

There are also
many Hadiths that prove
this.

The Narration of Abu Bakr
As-Siddiq

Imam Ahmad recorded from
Abu Bakr that he said to the Messenger of Allah ,

"O Messenger
of Allah! Do we act according to what has already been decided,
or is the matter just beginning (i.e., still undecided)''

He replied,

بَلْ عَلَى أَمْرٍ
قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْه

Indeed it is
according to what has already been decided.

Then Abu Bakr
said, "Then what (good) are deeds, O Messenger of Allah''

He replied,

كُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ
لِمَا خُلِقَ لَه

Everyone will
find it easy to do such
deeds that will lead him to what he was created for.

The Narration of `Ali

Al-Bukhari
recorded from Ali bin Abi Talib that they (the Companions) were
with the Messenger of Allah at the cemetery of Baqi` Al-Gharqad
for a funeral, when the Prophet said,

There is none
among you except that his place has already been written, a seat
in Paradise and a seat in the
Hellfire.

They said, "O
Messenger of Allah! Should we
depend on this''

He replied,

اعْمَلُوا ، فَكُلٌّ
مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَه

Perform deeds,
for everyone will have the deeds of what he was created for
(Paradise or Hell) made
easy for him.

Then he
recited the Ayah,

فَأَمَّا مَنْ
أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى

وَصَدَّقَ
بِالْحُسْنَى

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ
لِلْيُسْرَى

As for him who
gives and has Taqwa, and
believes in Al-Husna. We
will make smooth for him the path of ease.''

until the
Ayah:
لِلْعُسْرَى(the path to evil).

He (Imam
Al-Bukhari) also recorded another similar narration from Ali bin
Abi Talib in which he said,

"We were at a
funeral in the cemetery of Baqi` Al-Gharqad when the Messenger
of Allah came and sat down. So we came and sat around him and he
had a stick with him. Then he
bowed his head and he began to scratch the ground with
his stick. He then said,

There is not
anyone among you -- or is not a single soul (that has been
created) -- except that his place has been written in Paradise
or in the Fire, and it has been written that he will be
miserable or happy.

A man said,

"O Messenger
of Allah! Should we just depend
on what has been written for us and give up performing deeds For
whoever of us is of the people of
happiness then he will
be of the people of happiness, and whoever among us is of the
people of misery then he will be of the people of misery.''

Those people
who are the people of happiness, they will have the deeds of the
people of happiness made easy for them. And those people who are
the people of misery, they will have the deeds of the people of
misery made easy for them. Then he recited the Ayah:

فَأَمَّا مَنْ
أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى

وَصَدَّقَ
بِالْحُسْنَى

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ
لِلْيُسْرَى

وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ
وَاسْتَغْنَى

وَكَذَّبَ
بِالْحُسْنَى

فَسَنُيَسّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

As for him who
gives and has Taqwa, and
believes in Al-Husna. We
will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).

But he who is
greedy and thinks himself self-sufficient, and belies
Al-Husna. We will make
smooth for him the path to evil.

The other
compilers of the Group
have also recorded this Hadith.

The Narration of `Abdullah bin `Umar

Imam Ahmad
recorded from Ibn Umar that Umar said,

"O Messenger
of Allah! Do you think that the deeds that we do are a matter
that is already predetermined or are they something just
beginning or new''

It is
something that has already been predetermined. Therefore, work
deeds, O son of Al-Khattab! For verily, each person will have
things made easy for him. So whoever is from the people of
happiness, then he will work deeds for happiness, and whoever is
from the people of misery, then he will work deeds for misery.''

This Hadith
has been recorded by At-Tirmidhi in the Book of Al-Qadar and he
said "Hasan Sahih.''

Another Hadith
Narrated by Jabir Ibn Jarir recorded from Jabir bin Abdullah
that he said,

"O Messenger
of Allah! Are we performing deeds for something that has already
been predetermined or is the matter based upon what we are just
doing (now)''

The Prophet
replied,

لِأَمْرٍ قَدْ
فُرِغَ مِنْه

It is a matter
that has been predetermined.

Then Suraqah
said, "Then what is the purpose of deeds''

The Messenger
of Allah then said,

كُلُّ عَامِلٍ
مُيَسَّرٌ لِعَمَلِه

Everyone who
does deeds will have his deeds made easy for him.

Muslim also
recorded this Hadith.

Ibn Jarir
recorded from Amir bin Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr that he said,

"Abu Bakr used
to free servants upon their acceptance of Islam in Makkah. He
used to free the elderly and the women when they accepted Islam.
So his father said to him,

`O my son! I
see that you are freeing people who are weak. But if you freed
strong men they could stand with you, defend you and protect
you.'

Abu Bakr
replied,

`O my father!
I only want -- and I think he said -- what is with Allah.'

Some people of
my family have told me this Ayah was revealed about him:

فَأَمَّا مَنْ
أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى

وَصَدَّقَ
بِالْحُسْنَى

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ
لِلْيُسْرَى

As for him who
gives and has Taqwa, and
believes in Al-Husna. We
will make smooth for him the path of ease.''

Verily, the
lightest punishment received by the people of the Hellfire will
be a man who will have two sandals whose straps will be made of
fire that will cause his brain to boil just as a cauldron boils.
Yet he will not think that anyone is receiving a torment more
severe than him, even though he will be receiving the lightest
punishment of them.

Many of the
scholars of Tafsir have mentioned that these Ayat were revealed
about Abu Bakr As-Siddiq. Some of them even mentioned
that there is a consensus among the Qur'anic commentators
concerning this. There is no doubt that he is included in the
meaning of these Ayat, and that he is the most deserving of the
Ummah to be described with these characteristics in general, for
indeed, the wording of these Ayat is general. As in Allah's
saying,

وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا
الاٌّتْقَى

الَّذِى يُؤْتِى
مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّى

وَمَا لاًّحَدٍ
عِندَهُ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَى

And those with
Taqwa will be far removed
from it. He who gives of his wealth for self-purification. And
who has (in mind) no favor from anyone to be paid back.

However, he
(Abu Bakr) was the first and foremost of this Ummah to have all
of these characteristics and other praiseworthy characteristics
as well. For verily, he was truthful, pious, generous,
charitable, and he always spent his wealth in obedience of His
Master (Allah) and in aiding the Messenger of Allah . How many
Dirhams and Dinars did he spend seeking the Face of His Most
Noble Lord. And did not consider any of the people as owning him
some favor that he needed to get compensation for. Rather, his
virtue and kindness was even shown towards leaders and chiefs
from all the other tribes as well. This is why `Urwah bin
Mas`ud, who was the chief of the Thaqif tribe, said to him on
the day of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah,

"By Allah, if
I did not owe you a debt, which I have not paid you back for, I
would have responded to you (i.e., your call to Islam).''

Abu Bakr
As-Siddiq became angry with him for saying such a thing (i.e., I
owe you something). So if this was his position with the chiefs
of the Arabs and the heads of the tribes, then what about those
other than them. Thus, Allah says,

وَمَا لاًّحَدٍ
عِندَهُ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَى

إِلاَّ ابْتِغَآءَ
وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الاٌّعْلَى

وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَى

And who has
(in mind) no favor from anyone to be paid back. Except to seek
the Face of his Lord, the Most High. He, surely, will be
pleased.

And in the Two
Sahihs it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah said,